Kevin Eubanks – East West Time Line [FLAC 24-44.1] (2017)

Album: East West Time Line
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Post Bop, Soul-Jazz, Contemporary Jazz

Year: 2001
Format: FLAC

Size : 658 MB

Info : Kevin Tyrone Eubanks (born November 15, 1957) is an American jazz and fusion guitarist and composer. He was the leader of The Tonight Show Band with host Jay Leno from 1995 to 2010. He also led the Primetime Band on the short-lived The Jay Leno Show.

    The gifted American guitarist draws out the fine lines between contemporary East and West Coast jazz with two equally emotive bands. The East Coast ensemble, featuring Nicholas Payton on trumpet and the energetic fizz of Jeff “Tain” Watts drumming, presents five Eubanks compositions ranging from the potent to the elegiac. The West Coast group, featuring saxophonist Bill Pierce as lead and Mino Cinelu on percussion, delivers five expertly reshaped covers spanning Ellington and Marvin Gaye. The East is funkier, the West more Latinate, and the playing exceptional throughout.
Joining guitarist Kevin Eubanks on this stellar outing are two groups, one representing West Coast musicians, the other comprising East Coasters. Longtime collaborator and former Berklee College of Music classmate Marvin “Smitty” Smith propels the West Coast outfit from the drum kit, alongside seasoned bassist Rene Camacho, percussionist Mino Cinelu and saxophonist Bill Pierce. Smith’s East Coast counterpart on this bicoastal project is the irrepressibly swinging Jeff “Tain” Watts, who combines with bassist Dave Holland, pianist Orrin Evans and New York trumpeter Nicholas Payton to create a potent lineup. Together, all these great players bring out the best in Eubanks’s six string prowess and ignite his searching instincts throughout the sessions in Los Angeles and New York.

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